I think laws and regulations are not going to prevent people who want to do stuff to other people from getting guns. There are an awful lot of unregistered firearms out there, and unlicenced people with them. except time and time again it's proven that regulations ARE effective. just look at austra...

the american gun culture that you (accurately) describe comes from the deification of their constitution. but cultural differences between the states and elsewhere in the world are not at all a good point to raise in defense of loosening gun regulation in the rest of the world. in fact that's entire...

there are two issues being confounded here. regulation of guns is a good thing and it's either naive or manipulative to muddle regulation with the notion of an outright ban. OF COURSE there are legitimate reasons for gun ownership. but using an example like euthanising 100 stranded pilot whales. jfc...

i reckon frenzal rhomb are one of those bands that musicians appreciate a lot more than non-musicians. they're all technically amazing at what they do but at the end of the day all their songs are fratty, jokey and juvenile.

brubeck had two really different sides to them. most stuff was a fucking amazing almost dc emo thing and the other side was jokey pop-punk about being skinny and mau mau chickens. heaps of people who hated on brubeck seemed to only really acknowledge the later which was fucking dumb of them. they we...

hah, there's heaps of shit i listened to when i was younger that makes me cringe now. the vandals especially - when i was a kid i LOVED that shit, now i can't get through a song of theirs without grinding my teeth. the other day i was reminded that unwritten law still exists so i threw some on and t...

DS9 was basically a soap opera in space for the most of it though. Voyager FTW. it was for 2 seasons out of 7, definitely not most of it. the first 2 seasons of tng sucked, too :P voyager had great comments, it was just so inconsistent. when it was on, it was great, but when it wasn't, it was the w...

in 2013 i watched nothing except every st series and movie because i am a giant nerd. i'm still catching up on my tv viewing because of everything i missed that year, i only just got to 2015 shows. but yeah - i totally agree enterprise is definitely underrated as hell. while the characterisation is ...

My missus is on the war path. Haven't been in this much trouble since the incident with the drag queen and the desperate phone call from the police station. i love how with anyone else you'd be like "haha, that's hilarious!" but with mutante you're just "oh, yeah... of course that ha...

What's all this about him being fascist? he had a persona called the thin white duke who he self-described as an "emotionless aryan superman" at that time he made some pro-fascist comments in interviews like Britain is ready for a fascist leader… I think Britain could benefit from a fasci...

i'm not going to repeat myself over and over again to convince you. everything you've said is wrong as fuck. your repeatedly pigheaded literal-mindedness is absolutely simple. you cling for dear life to obtuse literalisms without for a second taking on board the point of what i'm saying. that's why ...

Jar Jar is still present, and he still does some shit. However minimal his presence may be, it's still there, so those movies aren't off the hook. THAT IS LITERALLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL? Again, the concept is still present, however minimal. You can't ig...